Handcuff



Oct. 6, 1931. A, ALMQVlsT. 1,826,591

HANDCUFF Filed nec. 17. 192s Y' Patentedv 1931 'y i l ,gnuGUslr ALMQvIs'r'joE InnorTsPLATsEN, SWEDEN JIANDGUFF f 'jl nppiieafioffiea meenten?, 192s, serial No. 326,535, anein sweaenframiary 3, 192e.y

- 1Thisinventionrefers'toanautomatc handtogether with the intermediatepart encloscuifiand is characterized by-a shackle acted ing an opening adapted to the easy insertion lupon-by a spring and pivoted, at or near the of the tooth and the steady grasp ofsame. nave'fshaped endofthe hand-cuff, the said Close to or vnear oneend of the intermediate '5 shackle being' maintained in entirely open part of a semicircular shacklec' isfmounted 5 position by a spring-'actunated, pivoted pawl at the opposite side of the intermediate, part .engaginga tooth'jnthegnaveand ybeing dis- 1n relation to the handle, the lsaid shackle engaged Yfrom lockinglposition by a pivoted having its one end shaped 'as a nave alf-and Y trigger intheshape of=a two-armed lever being plvoted at 4e. For l ther-said shackle lig adapted fto bejactedy uponby the wrist; :and Y .there-is an opening a in thewall ofthechamce p the'inner shorter armvof which fat its free endV ber a, the said opening being only wide f being eccentric in; relationto the .pivot of the enough to permit the shacklecto rotatesuiitrigger and resting against the -freeend'of the clently. A 'spiral spring fiiiXedto the'pi/vot e A'. pawl for cooperating'with the'isaid-,end when e at its one end is fixed to its-otheriend at the '515 the trigger is rotatedg .After the free end of inside ofthe nave d and strives constantly .to t; ythe shackle, by?` the tooth being released, has rotatey the yshackle into closedposi'tion: or enteredY into an opening'ator near thegother vmaintain it thereinfmarked in the drawing endlof `,the hand-cuffy `by the action of the by II), The nave Z has a. toothg which spring, it is locked automatically in the 4said 'when the shacklefis'in entirely open position i 2ze `vposition by anotherspring-actuated, pivoted the full line position in theliigure) normally 7o f 'pawl adapted to engage. al hole corresponding is in 'engagement with a springlactuated to the'width of thewrist, the `free end of said pawl Zpivoted at c and providedat vits middle `shackle being provided with aserieslof such part with a projection L.' The pawl is .made

yhlesfo the Said pawl,k as an 4one-armed lever and may be released vThe-advantageofthis construction in; re- Afrom its lockinr position byA af'trigger 'n 75 l -o being automatically -lo'ckedclose to the wrist, vin relation to the fulcrum.

t lation tohand-cuiis `hitherto used liesin the adaptedtobe actuated by the wrist and piv- A Vfact that the hand-Fcuf may only `bepr'essed 'Ote'd at m. andhaving the 4shapeofa twotowards the wrist! for4 causing I,the trigger to armed lever, whose shorter armf located in .bef actedfupon'fan'd. the"` hand-cuff Lvthereby the'intermediate part is shaped eccentrically y independently ofthe width lof same. The yThe said shorter arm restsagainstthei'fre'e hand-cuff maybefmounted in locked positionV endy of :the pawl'Z, and when the outer long gon' apersonswiist in a moment, beforeany arm of the trigger??J issubjected to the prest resistance can. be offered, :and-without A any sure of a wrist the trigger rotates-andi swings P351 additional manual'exercises. It is :evident the pawl l out of its locking position,where "b v -that'these qualities of a hand-cuff may be bythe toothy gis released, and by the tension -veryvaluable as for .example-to? patrolling of the spring f the shackle c swings immediypolice and the like.4k In case a chain. with ately towardsthe intermediate part al and lock'is-,mounted ,onl thehand-cuff it mayv also `enters with its free end into any opening p in E40' advantageously he used `in the conveyance ofthe opposite en'd of the intermediate part. '90

v prisoners. .e v Hereby the shackle moves freely towards the u The figurer showswa vertical sectional view trigger lwhich penetrates through a slot o of of the hand-cuif'constructed in accordance ythe `shackle.v For enabling'the rotation of withmy invention. v the ,trigger a slot communicating directly n$45 In the drawing which shows an example of vwith ther opening ais made for the long arm 95 Y ahand-cuff according to the invention a is a 'of the'trigger ini the wallof the chamber a.

' hollow intermediate partcontaining means VIn 'th-ismanner the shackle 0 with `the interwhich thereby occupy a protected position. mediate part a, will jcompletelyencircle the A handle b isfirmlyfconnected with both Wrist By a preferably concave shapeof the "'BD ends of the intermediate part, the said handle :intermediate part on the sideffacing'f the 100 

